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With the warm spring weather comes renewed creative energy. Please read on to learn about AVA's truly exceptional exhibitions, upcoming poetry reading, lecture, classes, camps, workshops and more. We have an inspiring array of opportunities scheduled to channel the creative surge that comes at this time of year.
All best wishes, ~The Board and Staff of AVA Gallery and Art Center |
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Laro, Nield, White on White
Dave Laro -- Material Matters
Rebecca Lawrence Gallery Entry
Wayne Nield -- The Walls of the ReliquaryClifford B. West Gallery White on White: Churches of Rural New EnglandPhotographs by Steve RosenthalOrganized by Historic New England, Boston, MassachusettsE. N. Wennberg Gallery and Elizabeth Rowland Mayor Gallery Gallery Talk with Steve Rosenthal: Thursday, May 22, 6:00pm
Thank you to our generous sponsors:
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AVA Gallery and Art Center
11 Bank Street
Lebanon, NH 03766
(603) 448-3117
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Overtime: A Drawing Seminar
April 25 - June 6
Student Work from the AVA Class
"Overtime -- A Drawing Seminar"
Johnson Sisters Library (second floor)
Featuring works by:
Janice Fleetwood Bean
Angela Blake
Janna Borg
Natalia Callaghan
Courtney Dragiff
Julia Neily
Nancy Russell
Gail Seaver
Joan White
Instructor: Michael D. Kraatz
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Celebrate Mother's Day with a Gift to AVA's Scholarship Fund
This Mother's Day, please consider honoring the mother in your life by making a charitable donation in any amount to AVA's Scholarship Fund. 100% of your fully tax-deductible donation will help us provide a child with an enriching art experience.
All donors to AVA's Scholarship Fund will receive an original AVA greeting card thanking them for their contribution to a young artist's creative path through AVA's art classes and camps.
Click here to honor the mother in your life with a donation to AVA's Mother's DayScholarship Fund.
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ART STOP!, CAOS, and CAOS for Toddlers
Wrapping Up the Spring Sessions for These Popular Programs
AVA's CAOS, CAOS for Toddlers, and ART STOP! programs all run in concert with the academic calendar, and will be taking a break for the summer months.
The final ART STOP! for Spring 2014 will take place on Tuesday, May 13. The final CAOS for Toddlers for Spring 2014 will take place on Friday, May 16.
The final CAOS for Spring 2014 will take place on Saturday, May 17.
All three programs will resume again in September 2014.
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Thank You!
Volunteers from the Geisel School of Medicine Helped Out Last Month
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Perhaps it was the Pie
Free Poetry Reading: May 6, 7pm
Please join us for a poetry reading from the recently published collection Perhaps it was the Pie on Tuesday, May 6 at 7:00pm. Ina Anderson of Sharon, VT; Doreen Spencer Ballard of Woodstock, VT; Beverly Breen of Thetford, VT; Debby Franzoni of Lebanon, NH, and Castleton, VT; Marjorie Nelson Matthews of Hanover, NH; and Hatsy McGraw of Hartland, VT have met twice a month for three years sharing their poetry and improving their craft. They created this new volume to celebrate the joy and mutual support of their time together. Debby, Marjorie and Hatsy have long been affiliated with AVA, and we are delighted to welcome their partners-in-writing as well.
The reading will be followed by a reception, where there will be an opportunity to talk with the poets and to enjoy AVA's exhibitions.
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The Neolithic World of Stone: From Gobekli Tepe to Stonehenge
A Free Slide Lecture by Bob Manning
Thursday, May 15, 7pm
Bob Manning--art historian, artist and professor emeritus of fine arts--has been lecturing for years on the Neolithic World of Stone. In 2012, he and his wife Libby toured Ancient Anatolia, which included a visit to the Stone Circles in Gobekli Tepe in Southern Turkey. These stone circles, which were discovered in 1993 and predate Stonehenge by 6,000 years, are noted for their low- and high-relief carvings of vultures, lions, snakes, bulls, scorpions and other creatures.
Manning has now incorporated his experiences and insights from that trip into a new program on Neolithic stone. His lecture with slides, made possible by support from the Vermont Humanities Council, will also cover Stonehenge and other important Neolithic monuments in Britain and Ireland.
Manning, who lives in Ryegate, VT, has been a member of the Vermont Humanities Council's Speakers Bureau since 2001. His paintings were exhibited at AVA in 1999, when he also delivered the lecture "The Megaliths: from Galway to Stonehenge to Orkney."
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BASH THE TRASH! with The Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College
May 6-11
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Call for Artists and Poets with Disabilities
Deadline: May 15
In honor of the 24th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), The New England ADA Center is proud to host an exhibition of artists and poets with disabilities at the Institute for Human Centered Design (IHCD). The goal of this show is to celebrate the ADA by showcasing the works of artists with various disabilities. The call is open to all artists ages 14 and above living in New England who have a disability. We encourage emerging artist and experienced artists alike to apply.
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New Hampshire State Council on the Arts Workshop
A Free Workshop for New Hampshire and New England Teaching Artists --
Dig into New England's Creative Ground
May 20
The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts is working with the New England Consortium of Artist-Educator Professionals and the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) to co-host a valuable workshop for teaching artists on Wednesday, May 20, 10 am to 12noon at the PSU Graduate Center, 5th floor, 2 Pillsbury Street in Concord. NEFA staff will provide an overview of grants and programs for teaching artists, including NEFA's newest tool, CreativeGround, a regional directory spotlighting cultural nonprofits, creative businesses, and professional artists and connecting them with each other and everyone invested in the Creative Economy. Bring an artist friend or colleague. Come to the workshop and afterwards invite a friend, new or old, to join you for lunch at the wonderful "Still in a Pinch Cafe" that's in the same building. Workshop seating is limited and pre-registration is required. Click here to register on-line, or email Catherine O'Brian at the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts for complete details.
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Call for Artists: UNBOUND VOL. IV
Deadline: June 14
The upcoming juried show, UNBOUND VOL. IV: Art Using Books as a Material or Format, is open to 2D and 3D artists residing in New England and New York, and looks to explore the idea of "the book" and all the ways artists use its format as a stepping off point or as a material to explore new ideas. The exhibition, which opens July 25, is held in conjunction with Woodstock's Bookstock Literary Festival. Cash prizes. Entry fee. ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock, Vermont.
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